Page 4 - The Best Academic Games Players of the 20th Century

Bill Hargest

Allegheny Valley, PA

One of the first truly great players, Bill was the anchor for some of the early teams from Allegheny Valley. After high school graduation he attended Grove City College where he obtained a BS in Chemical Engineering. He then attended the University of Pittsburgh where he received an MBA. He has additional grad courses from Pitt, Carnegie-Mellon and the University of Massachusetts. After college graduation he began a career with PPG Industries where he still works.

He has worked in Milwaukee, Columbus, Mexico City and now Springdale, PA where he is in Research and Development as a Chemical Engineer. In 1981 he married in Milwaukee to Patricia (Pat) and they have three children: Andrew is a 10th grader, Emily is a 7th grader, and Holly is a 4th grader.

1969 Junior World Events (Individual)
1971 Junior World Events (Individual)
1974 Outstanding Senior

1969 Junior World Events (Team)
1973 Senior Propaganda (Team)

Jim Ferrell

Mt. Lebanon, PA

An early great at the beginning of the Mt. Lebanon dynasty, the most interesting thing about Jim's career is that his three individual titles were all in different subject areas. Jim is a graduate of Williams College and Stanford Medical School. He is currently a Professor at Stanford.

1971 Sr. Propaganda (Indiv)
1972 Sr. On-Sets (Indiv)
1972 Sr. World Events (Indiv)

1970 Sr. On-Sets (Team)
1970 Sr. Propaganda (Team)
1971 Sr. World Events (Team)
1971 Sr. Sweepstakes (Team)

1972 Sr. Propaganda (Team)
1972 Sr. StrangeBedfellows (Team)
1972 Sr. Language Arts (Team)
1972 Sr. Sweepstakes (Team)

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